Calorie Counting "Wendie Plan"

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    hart104's Avatarhart104 , 06-14-2006 10:48 AM
    Okay, I have a few questions about this "Wendie Plan" that they have for weight watchers. I saw a thread on it. However, I have absolutely no idea how the WW points systems works. I love the idea of this plan though, and I am wondering if someone could put it into calories for me. I weigh 149 and I currently eat a low of 1,200 calories and try to stay within 1,500 at the most. How would that transfer to the Wendy Plan? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks guys!-
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    aphil's Avataraphil , 06-15-2006 07:39 AM
    The Wendie plan is just simple calorie cycling. You don't really need a "set up plan" to do this. If your range is 1200-1500 calories, and some days you eat closer to 1200...and other days closer to 1500, then you are pretty much already doing the basic premise of it.

    It is essentially basically just eating a slightly different level of calories (or WW points) per day, rather than the exact same number.
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    jillybean720's Avatarjillybean720 , 06-15-2006 09:21 AM
    Yupyup...calorie cycling. We used to have a thread on it here, but it kinda died out. Just eat a different number of calories each day so your average at the end of the week is what you want it to be. There's no real magic as to which days should be higher and which days lower--so long as you're shaking it up instead of eating the same amount every day
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    ThisYear's AvatarThisYear , 06-15-2006 11:55 AM
    This is something that I do, and I find that it works very well for me. I operate on the idea that it doesn't matter exactly what I eat from day to day, as long as by the end of the week I have a 3500 calorie deficit.
    I keep my caloric intake around 1200-1300 on most days, except for Saturdays. This way I have extra calories to go out to dinner or have a drink or whatever, and I'm still within my allotted calories for the week.
    Another thing I do is that I keep an extra 200 calories hanging around that are unplanned. That way, any time during the week that I have a major sugar craving or just something unexpected comes up, I have those around, so that by the end of the week I am still within my allotted range.
    This method worked beautifully for me in the past when I lost 40 pounds.
    Anyway, sorry this is so long. I hope you find something that works for you! Good Luck!
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    hart104's Avatarhart104 , 06-15-2006 12:41 PM
    Thanks a lot guys! I really appreciate it!
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    ripples57's Avatarripples57 , 06-15-2006 01:22 PM
    Thanks everyone. I had heard of this plan, but didn't realize it was so simple. Think I'll give it a try.
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    ripples57's Avatarripples57 , 06-15-2006 01:27 PM
    I posted this but it got lost I guess the first try. Thank you for your information Aphil and everyone. I have been thinking about trying this and didn't realize it was so simple. Guess I'll give it a shot
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